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A reader writes:<\/p>\n

Please pray for me right now. I\u2019m going through a real time of depression and I can\u2019t seem to get out of it. Please pray for me, if you\u2019d be so kind.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Meanwhile, another reader who has been through hell with PTSD, a head injury, and a broken marriage. \u00a0Christmas is really hard for him this year. \u00a0Please pray for him.<\/p>\n
Father, hear our prayer for these good men. \u00a0Lift them out of the mirey clay and set their feet on a rock. \u00a0Send them light and joy and show them a way forward to hope. \u00a0Grant them complete healing in body, soul, mind, and spirit and send them friends, family and wise healers who can help them find their way back to joy and hope. \u00a0Mother Mary, St. Luke, St. Joseph, and St. Dymphna, pray for them! \u00a0We ask all this through Christ our Lord. Amen.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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